Author Archives: Sapphire Garcia-Lies, Oluoma Obi, Sharla Smith

About Sapphire Garcia-Lies, Oluoma Obi, Sharla Smith

Sapphire Garcia-Lies is a maternal and infant health advocate, professional doula, founder and President of Wichita Birth Justice Society, Coordinator for the Color-Filled Breastfeeding Clinical Lactation Training Program, freelance writer and prolific creative. Her focus is on advocating for childbearing families, shedding light on health inequities and formulating innovative solutions to community challenges.

Defining Birth Equity in Kansas – Birth Equity Series Part 1

The pace of progress is never fast enough for those who stand to suffer the biggest losses. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the glaring health inequities impacting Black mothers and babies in Kansas. Among the multitude of injustices Black Kansans face today, the disproportionate rates of death and devastating health complications for Blackā€¦ Read More »